Residential Landscape Architecture

SECTION 1: PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK

1: The Typical Residential Site

2: Outdoor Rooms

3: Sustainable Design

SECTION 2: DESIGN PROCESS

4: Design Process Overview

5: Meeting the Clients

6: Site Measuring and Base Map Preparation

7: Site and Design Program

8: Functional Diagrams

9: Preliminary Design and Design Principles

10: Form Composition

11: Spatial Composition

12: Material Composition and Master Plan

SECTION 3: APPLICATIONS

13: Special Projects

14: Case Studies in Alternative Design Solutions

15: Rendering Landscape Design Drawings in Color

For courses in Landscape Design.

Residential Landscape Architecture: Design Process for the Private Residence, Sixth Edition, covers the fundamentals of residential design. The text provides a thorough, how-to explanation of each of the steps of the design process–from initial contact with the client to a completed master plan. The text's numerous illustrations and useful case study examples offer a rich learning experience for students. Whether you are just starting your design career or are a current practitioner, this valuable resource is sure to enhance your skills and knowledge.

Step-by-step explanation of the design process–with graphic illustrations.

• One of the few textbooks to thoroughly explain and illustrate graphically the design process for private residential sites.

Review outline–at the end of each chapter.

• Allows readers to review significant chapter content and test their knowledge of key points.

Case studies–provided throughout the text.

• Case studies provide the reader with a variety of alternative design solutions for each of the presented projects.

Sample project–carried throughout the entire design process.

• One project is shown in all the steps of the design process, giving readers the ability to see the application of the design process from beginning to end.